A New Orleans man charged with possession with intent to sell methamphetamine is suspected of smuggling drugs into New Orleans on commercial airline flights from Texas, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

Stefen Daigle, 26, was arrested July 26 after a DEA agent found 98 grams -- or about 3.45 ounces -- of methamphetamine in his suitcase at Louis Armstrong International Airport, according to federal court documents.

Daigle was intercepted after getting off a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas, the court documents said. In the airport parking garage, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office dog signaled that Daigle's luggage contained a narcotic; a search of his duffel bag led to the discovery of a clear glass-like substance, DEA Agent Jason Gill said. The DEA said a test later confirmed the substance to be methamphetamine.

Daigle is out of jail on $120,000 bond, but has been placed on 24-hour house arrest, court documents show.

In January 2012, the Orleans Parish district attorney dropped charges that Daigle was selling drugs out of his ArtEgg studio in Mid-City after evidence indicated that law enforcement officers may have compromised the case. Those allegations against a multiagency drug task force became the subject of an FBI investigation. The FBI would not say Monday whether that investigation is still active; however, one of Daigle's attorneys in that case said he believes the investigation is ongoing.

Conviction of possession with intent to sell more than 50 grams of methamphetamine carries a sentence of 10 years to life in prison.